Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kings 2nd with 49 points, ToU 8th with 10, 39 apart. ToU had been under-performing their position — 26th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Against a league average of 2.15 goals per team per game, Kings ran at 3.76 scored and 1.43 conceded, ToU at 0.95 and 3.57.
Defeat had followed defeat for ToU — nine in succession. Over the last five, Kings had taken 6 of 15 points to ToU's 0.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 6 Kings wins, 3 for ToU, 1 draw, at 5.2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 90% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%. The last five meetings averaged 6.8 goals, well above the all-time 5.2.